IN INDIA INSTAGRAM GOING TO LAUNCH "REELS'' TO CATCH THE TIKTOK CREATORS

REELS IS IN TESTING PHASE WILL LAUNCH SOON IN INDIA.

GOOD NEWS FOR TIKTOK CONTENT CREATEORS INSTAGRAM IS PROVIDING THE PLATFORM FOR THE CONTENT MAKERS 

Instagram has announced that it is testing its newest short form video-sharing feature, Reels, in India. The social networking giant said that it was collaborating with several established Indian creators from popular platforms such as TikTok and YouTube to populate content on Reels. India is the fourth country after Brazil, France and Germany, where Reels is currently being tested. The feature will start rolling out for users in India starting 7:30pm IST today when users will be able to check out entertaining videos posted by creators such as Radhika Bangia, Jahnavi Dasetty aka Mahathalli, Indrani Biswas aka Wondermunna, Ammy Virk and more. This new development comes nearly a week after the government imposed TikTok ban.

The Reels feature is integrated within the Instagram app itself. To create Instagram Reels, a user would need to open the camera option in the app. After clicking on Reels from the bottom of the screen, the app throws up several easy-to-use tools to record and edit a 15-second video.

Creators can choose to use the in-app music tracks, or even use a custom audio for their videos. There are also options to speed up or slow down parts of the video. There's an Align option that helps creators maintain their position in front of the camera, while recording multiple cuts in a single video. It also has an array of augmented reality effects that can be used to make videos more fun.

Instagram says that it has been working with popular content creators and public figures to populate Reels content. When the test starts rolling out, users can check out content posted by the likes of Ammy Virk (3.3 million fans on TikTok), Gippy Grewal (1.7 million), Arjun Kanungo (1.5 million), Radhika Bangia (5.4 million), RJ Abhinav (1.6 million) and Indrani Biswas aka Wonder Munna (630K subscribers on YouTube).

While still in testing phase, Instagram Reels is expected to become a solid competitor to Indian TikTok rivals such as chingari, mitron, moj, and Roposo. Several TikTok creators have already moved to Instagram, asking their followers to catch up with their latest content on the app.

As of now, Instagram plans to learn more from the testing phase and from creators themselves. Monetisation options are also expected to be introduced once Reels takes off in India. No official public rollout date has been announced yet.